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yesterday, when "Mr.anese “over, respect

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THE MIDNIGHT STAGE

AT THE VICTORIA

CAPITAL PIOTURE

THEATRE ♫ ROYAL TO-NIGHT

at 9.15 p.m.

GRAND OPENING NIGHT

Webb, in further cross-legalistic and dynastio zvasons ination on his evidence of which impel them to shrink from previous day, favouring the prosecuting the Kaiser His fas

natisation of mines, declared crimes were committed in Europe published in Germany, and he

́accused successful- there were more castialties and it should not be beyond the gives same interesting Items of That disease has for

established that he was not in the pits last year than in the power and anthority of Europe to secret Zeppelin history.

furnished a subject of discussion, the yard at the time the alleged le of the Gallipoli campaign. bring him to justice, says We used to hear a great deal because doubt existed as to its ex-lance was said to have been Have you ever been down a ❘ the Daily Mail.

As far of the wonderful results that the act cansation. Professor, Noguchi committed, and in fact had not demine?” asked Mr. Evari | as: this country is con- Zeppelin campaign was to bring states that the organism-discovers then left the Monico Restaurant, cerned, the Government is pledgus, says Persius, "but towards ed by him belongs to the class where he had been attending a Oboe a long time ago,” replied ed up to the hilt to hold William the end of the war, as one airship known as spirochaetes, of which dinner of the Imperis, Cadet

Wabb. But no one going II, to responsibility."The Kai-after another was lost, and the the spirochsets of syphilis and Lodge of Freemasons.

a mine sees more than he ser must be prosecuted," said Mr. attacks on England were abandon that of relapsing fever are other Giving his own account of his

Lloyd George on December 5, ed, criticisms of their practicabil members”

movements, the accused said that **The war was a crime. .......[ity began to be heard..

If the discovery is confirmed at the Manico lights were out at hence had been that those is there to be no punishment?" The Pan-Germans tried to it will add another link to the 10.30 pm, at which time he was aged in the industry on the Surely that is neither God's make us believe that the cessation wonderful chain of discoveries sitting at the dining table. H. "owners' side were very unwilling justice nor man'a The men of Zeppelin activities was due to forged in connection with this to consider even the possibility responsible for this outrage on reasons of humanity. This was disease. The fever was first des remained there four or five of any change in the conditions | the human race must not be lerjall nonsense, of course.

cribed in Barbados in-1647. Its minutes, and then went to speak

to some friends. of the industry.

off because their heads were "Even the official records of dreadful virulence soon sarned it | M. Evan Williams: You-at-crowned when they perpetrated airship losses were high-accord-its

evil reputation, and this fenting) asked. As far as you

Sir Edward Marshall Hall (d. Come Early TO-NIGHT. tach, no value to the opinions of the deed.

ing to my information, derived virulence became a matter of can say, what was the time when the practical men should

from unimpeachable authorities, world-wide concern when in the you left the Monica A week earlier the present attach great value to them if I Lard Chancellor declared that twenty-six airships were burnt up so-called great period of the

Defendant; I should say it was could get them. They are vary

"so far as our power enables us to the summer of 1916 alone, balf fever it visited Cadix in

10.55 or 11-o'clock. unwilling to form an opinion. we will insist on the personal of this number in their sheds, not epidemics, Malaga Lisbon. Se-You HAVE MADE A MISTAKE

You attach more importance accountability of the Kaiser for by say effort on the enemy's partville, Barcelona, Palma, Gibraltar, Mr. Digby said that after lear- to the theorists than the practical the crimes for which he is per. A similar number were lost up to and other European towns Ating the Monico he talked with ment In the mouths of the sonally and chiefly responsible." the same period by their being Lisbon in 1857 some 6,000 persons soms officer friends-and-made practical men the word "theorist

Since these Ministerial utter driven away owing to their motors died in a few weeks

several unsuccessful attempts to is used as a kind of abuse. It oughtances the Attorney-General, Sir being broken down.

The fever remained a mystery to be the highest term of praise. Gordon Hewart, speaking as a What happened to the "Zepps up till about 1881, when Dr. obtain a taxicab to go home. He THEORY AND EXPERIENCE. member of the British Peace when they returned, like winged Charles Finlay, of Havana, pro-rossed to the Trocadero, and met Sergeant-Instructor Mr. Webb and Mr. Willians Delegation at Paris, said that pigeons, from their attacks on pounded the idea that mosquitoes Pardue, They conversed for 10 disagreed warmly on the subject the British

England?

carried the infection. The view of 15 minutes about. Perdue's view undoubtedly of economy in

distribution.is that these offenders, Captain Persius tells us of the found small support at first but Witness thought that if he had bowever highly placed, must be first aid treatment they had to later Ross's work on malaria rece, and also about boxing. Perdue had rather an extraordin- the organisation of the coal made to suffer suitable punish- receive. When our airships awakened interest in it. Then industry of London he could do it

ment without any avoidable were brought back with the came the Spanish-American War 2 voice. Mr. Digby added that far less than the £800,000 a year delay"

from the time he left the Monico greatest difficulty from their and the appointment of a Com and departed from Perdue he it cost at present.

exploits against England they mission by the American was not alone that night. The British nation expects

were often obliged to lie useless ernment to investigate Finlay's

He then went to the Piccadilly- these unqualified pledges to be at Tandern, Northolz and other theory. The workers nomimated

circus tube station, and Captain places, because their motors had were Walter Reed, James Carroll Lloyd, the APM., and a sergeant Apart from William IL's igno-feither to be entirely replaced or, A. Agramonte, and Lazean. They. Tainious light from Germany, at any rate, their most important began by collecting the suspected tain Lloyd said, Where are you

came up from behind him. which is hardly a presumption of parts repaired.

mosquitoes, allowing them to feed.

and witness, replied going?" innocence, there is his notorious "It is well known that when on yellow fever patients, and then Home." The letter to the Austrian Emperor the question was raised at submitting themselves to the "What are you loitering, about captain said.. in 1914. In that letter the Kaiser General Headquarters to bites. Their labours were crown- there for?" Witness answered. made as abject a confession of whether the airship weapon ed

with immediate success,What the devil has that got to guilt as ever was uttered by a should be used in an unrestricted though lives of great value were do with you?" and then noticing Special criminal in the dock:

form, Le. against unfortified heroically sacrificed. It was for the first time who was ques- My soul is torn, but everything cities like London- for London proved that the mosquito tioning him, he apologised and must be put to fire and sword was really quite unfortified-Stegomyia fasciata is the agent men, women, children, and old many experts. like Herr von of infection, that the virus of the

Captain Lloyd told him a cert men must be slaughtered, and Lyncker, raised their voices, in disease is present in the blood tait charge was made agains during the first days of infection. him, and accused said. "You With these methods of "Von Lyncker was dismissed. and that "the germ is so small have made a mistake. He added terrorism, which are alone cap-His advice, like that of other ex-that it can pass through a cham-that he had never been in Dansey- able of affecting a people so de-perts, was unheeded. Our air bettand filter." Infection could yard in his life, and never heard generate as the French, the war, ship exploits... against England not be produced till after several of if until the charge was brought. will be over in two months... produced no results of military days from the time when the

"If the British Peace Delegation did us a good deal of harm."

importance and politically they mosquito had, bitten the yellow fever patient, "so that it was leaves Paris without having

Captain Persius criticisms evident that the gern underwent successfully insisted upon con- dign punishment of the self-con-have not been allowed to pass some change in the body of its deraned malefactor of Amerongen

unchallenged.

The Maybach Motor Co. (which,

Is there no difference between practice and theory ?" asked Mr.

Willisma

Theory would be a better guide," answered Mr. Webb.

You prefer theory to experi- ence!" suggested Mr. Williams. I prefer theory to rule of thumb" retorted the witness.

Another warm dispute arose between Mr. Williams and the witness on the subject of accid- ents. Mr. Williams asked whether it was not a very serious sugges tion, against the colliery owners and managers that it was cheaper for them to pay for accidents than prevent them. "It is an absolutely baseless libel unless you can say apon what it has been ascer- tained, declared Mr. Williams. "This is an assumption you have made yourself."

Witness: It is a judgment upon the facts as they have come to my knowledge. The experience of insurance companies, mutual

funds, &c.

XO FIGURES.

Mr. Williams asked whether witness had any figures to sub- stantiate his statement and Mr.

Webb replied that he had not submitting that it was impossible to obtain figúress on such a subject.

Mr. Williams asked if Mr. Webb suggested that the owners refused to supply adequate roof timber on account of the cost.

Mr. Webb: Yes." Mr. Webb then quoted a Home Office report which condemned as very serious the inadequate sup- Pply of timber on a certain mine.

carried out.

not a tree.or house be left stand-warning. ing.

to

Let there be no hesitation due

as

insect host.

gave the captain his card.

Cxp

Sir Edward:.On your oath as an officer and a gentleman, did you go into Danseyyard on that night?

Witness: I did not.

Cafe Monico. One witness, MI.

Maurice N. Baring, formerly an

Several gentlemen who were at the Masonic dinner gave The work furished the mater-evidence to show that at 10.45] it will have failed unpardonably according to Persins, was respon-ial of the wonderful campaign by p.m. the accused was still in the in one of its vital duties,

sible for these faulty motors) has which Gorgas cleansed the published

a brochure called Panama Canal zone of yellow want of precedents." British Zeppelins, the Maybach Motor fever, and so made possible the history is a history of precedents and Persius," in which the direc- completion of that work. Gorgas made to meet occasions. The tors indignantly deny that the came to Panama from Havana, Digby and parted from him at decapitation of Charles I in Zeppelin was a failure giving us which he had also cleansed of 11.5 He never lost sight of him Whitehall in 1649 was one. The some wonderful statistics regard-yellow fever in about a year all that evening. internment of Napoleon I was ing its exploits.~

though the place was a famous DELUSIONS BUGGESTED. another

If William, IL is led to the block or the gallows in expiation of the crime of 1914, it will be a salutary warning to rulers for all time not to repeat the monstrous felony which brought him to a deserved doom.

L

officer in the R. A. F., said he left the Monico with Captain

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We read that the L59, for ex-hot-bed of the disease. “ His Sir Edward Marshall Hall, on ample, flew to German East method was to attack the os behalf of the accused, said that Africa and back with munitions quito in its breeding places and the only conclusion he could and medicines-7,000 kilometres, to exclude it as far as possible come to was the West, who suf The Resort of the Elite with a load of fifteen tons! from contact with fever cases. fered from Bright's disease, had

Here are few extracts: "Your Professor Noguchi's work on 260-hp. Maybach motor ran filter passing germs is well with which victims of that dis- one of those periods of delusion wonderfully in all weather condi-known. It is also well known ease were sometimes seized. This tions,"

"No praise is too high that from time to time the sort of charge against Captein for the M.M." etc. This some-suggestion has been offered that Questioned by Sir Leo Money, what partial evidence is not very the spirochaetes pass through two Digby was incredible, and when witness said he was not aware convincing.

the evidence against him was stages of development, one of that it was Sir Eric Geddes who Witness: I have no doubt that had initiated the Chepstow ship for scouting purposes the Ger-minute type. Whether or not there was not a scrap of evidence

As a means of transport and these stages being of an extremely examined it was impossible.

Sir Archibald Bodkin said that can be alleged.

Do you suggest they would be yard and that it was carried on man airship did well enough—this view will receive confirm that Bright's disease caused de- lessened under a nationalised by Lord Pirrie, Sir Wm. Collett, but even the German people ation through the new discovery.usions. He submitted that the system 7-I should expect accid and other business men. That must agree with Captain Persius remains to be seen. In all matters accused had been definitely iden ents to be lessened in numbers if being so, he thought it would be-as an attacking war-weapon bacteriological it is necessary to fed by the witnesses for the there were no longer profit-mak-reasonable to describe it as a the "Zepp" was a failure!

Mr. Williams: Are you aware that the majority of accidents are due to inadvertence, error of judg- ment, or negligences on the part of the men?

ing motives for being economical, Replying to further questions,

Mr. Webb said that the number

hideous mistake by business

men.".

£60,000,000 BOYALTIES.

of casualties in the coal mines In reply to Mr. Hodges, Mr, last year exceeded the whole Webb said he would compensate number for the Gallipoli cam- the royalty owners' with hard paign.

Mr. Williams asked whether, under a scheme of nationalisation with a fixed price for coal, witness would still let the miner have his coal at a nominal price.

Witness: Certainly. There is a Biblical saying: "Thou shalt not muzzle the or when be treadeth out the corn."

CHEPSTOW AND CHIPPENHAM.

In reply to Sir Allan Smith Mr. Webb cited the privately-owned dockyards as an example of the lack of provision for the adequate safety of the workers.

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described as Reserves" in any sense of the word, and to do so is Lord Leverhulme writes:--The an act of self-deception.. .cash because nationalisation best reserve fund of any business

They are no Reserves of would deprive them of expected, is to be found in "Goodwill" of strength, and even to reduce profits. This would cost £60,000, that business. Many Boards of them in amount in order to em 000, and would mean gain to the Directors devote their suplus to ploy these "reserve" funds in miners of £2,500,000 a year, a building up a strong reserve meeting any emergency would be

An amalgamation has taken nice little sum towarda housing. fund," which fund is generally a suicidal policy. In these ciz place in the matchmaking in- Mr. Smillie: If the nation, by invested in what again are called cumstances Directors find out dustry, the firms concerned being taking over the raines and in Gilt-edge Securities. These that they must choose between Messrs. Maguire, Miller and Co., proving the homes, could save same Directors are then kept being killed by competition or of Liverpool and Leeds, Messrs. thousands of babies' lives, would busy for many years afterwards dying by suicide, and that there Paterson and Co., of Dublin, and Messrs. J. Palmer and Son, of it not be earning a great profit in to write down out of further is no alternative. itself, apart from the financial surplus profits the cost price of Now I hold strongly that the London. The new company will profit?

these same "Gilt-edge" Securi-best investment for surplus probe known as Maguire, Paterson, ties to falling market values. fits is to expend them on judicious and Palmer, Ltd, with offices in Sir Leo Chiozza Money, giving Should the business have to meet, advertising, wisely and carefully Liverpool Messrs. Vickers, Ltd, evidence, said that, taking into and overcome difficulties, or planned, and executed with who are financially Interested, consideration, the enormous im- have to face frenzied competion, originality and forcefulness. will be represented on the board, portance of coal, it was inconsist and the Directors decide that These same surplus profits, in and they have opened a new ent with the national welfare for their policy ought to be to draw vested wisely in advertising, then department at the Erith wor

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kmaking machinary.

Witness: Yes.

Bir AllanYou have heard of the Governmentshipyard at Chep stowe and another Government undertaking at Chippaniram ?

Witness Yerg

If would be at once equitable and they find they cannot realise these Reesvity and You would not call these suc- a good piece of business for the witheat serious injury and one But nodertakings? I would Fnation to buy up the landlords confidence of their sh not, but I do not say that we say, at 10 years purchase of holders in the raputation, amt have heard the last of them.existing coal nts and royalties, standing of the business

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